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Jake Blanc

@jacobblanc.bsky.social

Associate professor at McGill, joint appointment in history and international development studies. Latin America, social movements, human rights, memory, burritos.

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On Generative AI in the Classroom: Give Up, Give In, or Stand Up Edward Dunsworth Two approaches dominate discussion about how professors should handle generative โ€œartificial intelligenceโ€ in the classroom: give up or give in. Give up. Faced with a powerful new โ€ฆ

Great essay from Ed Dunsworth on how scholars in the humanities should approach AI in the classroom.

activehistory.ca/blog/2025/06...

12.06.2025 10:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Sebastiรกn Carassai and I are delighted to announce the publication of our book:

Coups d'ร‰tat in Cold War Latin America, 1964โ€“1982.

shorturl.at/nSvUk

Thanks to B. Cowan, T. Field, P. Klarรฉn, V. Markarian, C. Trumper, J. Gould, H. Vrana, V. Garrard, and B. Weinstein. @bw-historiadora.bsky.social

14.05.2025 01:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 30    ๐Ÿ” 13    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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Bolsonaro must stand trial over alleged coup attempt, Brazilโ€™s top court rules Supreme court judges decide former president should face criminal prosecution alongside seven close allies

"Bolsonaro will probably be convicted, Bolsonaro will probably be arrested โ€“ or heโ€™ll go into exile, heโ€™ll flee the country โ€ฆ From a judicial standpoint Bolsonaroโ€™s cornered," says @bernardomf.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

26.03.2025 16:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 96    ๐Ÿ” 13    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
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PhD Studentships 2025 We are recruiting six PhD studentships to advance knowledge of the dynamic relations between place and memory, and how people navigate together in space and time.

placememory.net/apply-now-fo...

Fantastic opportunities for PhD in Memory Studies!

24.03.2025 12:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Advance copies starting to make their way out in the world. Fingers crossed the tariff shenanigans don't delay the shipment up to Canada...

12.03.2025 21:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yikes was on a bit of a social media spring break. Just seeing this now!! So exciting. And trade-war pending, hopefully my copies will cross the border soon :)

12.03.2025 21:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Remembering Is Not Enough - Dissent Magazine I'm Still Here defies the far right's attempts to redeem Brazil's military dictatorship. But it suggests a tidier closure to the regime's disappearances than many real families have experienced.

In prep for the Oscars this weekend, everybody should read this excellent piece by my dear friend and colleague, @ffreff.bsky.social Frederico Freitas. It's about the film I'm Still Here, his family's search for answers, and Brazil's ongoing memory wars.

www.dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...

01.03.2025 00:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Prestes Column: An Interior History of Modern Brazil (Review) Through storytelling and analysis, Blancโ€™s book tells an interior history of Brazil by recounting the political initiatives and legacy of the Prestes Column.

A wonderful, lengthy review of The Prestes Column by Caio Fernando Barbosa. @dukepress.bsky.social

nacla.org/prestes-colu...

11.02.2025 11:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Feeling ๐Ÿฅณ๐Ÿ™ƒ๐Ÿ˜ to have a blurb from novelist Yara Rodrigues Fowler.

Given how much I want Searching for Memory to be about the importance and complexities of narrative, a blurb from such a gifted storyteller like Yara means the world to me.

10.02.2025 21:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

welcome to Bluesky @joevarock.bsky.social . These skies are now a bit bluer because we'll all now have her intellect, humor, and great taste in all things.

10.02.2025 14:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Waiting for mine to arrive here in Canada :)

29.01.2025 14:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Just got a copy of the book I edited with @jacobblanc.bsky.social

#skystorians
#envhist

@utexaspress.bsky.social

28.01.2025 15:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 37    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Beit Professor of Global and Imperial History in Oxford, for University of Oxford - Faculty of History Exciting opportunity in Oxford, for University of Oxford - Faculty of History as a Beit Profes...

Job Opportunity!

Full Professorship

Beit Professor of Global and Imperial History | University of Oxford - Faculty of History

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15.12.2024 12:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Searching for Memory | Jacob Blanc | University of North Carolina Press This biography of Brazilian journalist and activist Aluรญzio Ferreira Palmar (b. 1943) tells the remarkable story of a revolutionary who, after surviving tor...

Pre-orders now available for Searching for Memory: Aluรญzio Palmar and the Shadow of Dictatorship in Brazil

www.uncpress.org/book/9781469...

Use code 01SOCIAL30 for 30% discount. @uncpress.bsky.social

05.12.2024 10:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The ink is signed -- the Portuguese translation of my forthcoming book will be published in Brazil by Editora Garamond. Saindo no Brasil abril 2025:

O garimpeiro da memรณria: Aluรญzio Palmar e a sombra da ditadura

๐Ÿ“š๐ŸŽ‰

25.11.2024 15:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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(been saying it to anyone who will listen) Watch this film. An extended musical riff around the story of the murder of Lumumba: on decolozination, neocolonialism, the UN, Third Worldism, CIA, jazz and so much more. Incredibly inventive formally and so powerful. Was left stunned at the end of it!

21.11.2024 14:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 145    ๐Ÿ” 39    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 17    ๐Ÿ“Œ 10

For everyone in need to indexing (and also developmental editing) get in touch with @drbwerner.bsky.social ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡ best in the game.

22.11.2024 14:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm an historian of Latin America, mostly social movements, memory, and development studies. My newest book (forthcoming this spring) is a biography of Aluรญzio Palmar, a former political prison in Brazil who became a human rights activist. It's about his life, but also how he has narrated his life.

22.11.2024 14:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Page proofs are here! Coming to bookshelves near you in April. @uncpress.bsky.social

And official news coming sometime next week, but it will be published in Brazil at the same, with Editora Garamond.

22.11.2024 14:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Hey Bluesky, I am excited by all the energy coalescing on this platform. It seems like a place for strategic thinking, which we badly need.

A few initial thoughts:

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19.11.2024 17:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3750    ๐Ÿ” 608    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 129    ๐Ÿ“Œ 78
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My baby is here ๐Ÿฅฐ

Thank you @catehodorowicz.bsky.social and the amazing @uncpress.bsky.social team ๐Ÿ’™

#LandscapingPatagonia #FirstBook #LatamHist #EnvHist #Chile #Argentina ๐Ÿ—ƒ๏ธ๐ŸŒฟ

19.11.2024 22:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 156    ๐Ÿ” 30    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 18    ๐Ÿ“Œ 9

To make it easier to find new and existing members of Bluesky, we're compiling a list of UNC Press authors for easy findability ๐Ÿฆ‹
Comment to let us know you're here โ†™๏ธ๐Ÿ“š
go.bsky.app/RKSF82c

18.11.2024 19:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 24    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Check out UNC spring books, including my forthcoming Searching for Memory: Aluรญzio Palmar and the Shadow of Dictatorship in Brazil.

19.11.2024 01:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Starter packs for #skytorians! ๐Ÿ—ƒ๏ธ

09.11.2024 10:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

To the small number of friends I already have on this site, I'll be moving here permanently soon!

I do think there was a golden age of Twitter, which was great for following politics and building academic networks. Sad that it ended a long time ago. Finally moving on.

09.11.2024 11:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿšจ Job alert๐Ÿšจ We're hiring at McGill -- a joint position in International Development Studies and Anthropology. Please circulate widely!

mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/mcgill...

06.10.2023 16:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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